Acceptance Rate and Admission Trends for District of Columbia Colleges

There are 19 active four-years colleges and universities in District of Columbia - 2 public and 17 private schools. The 2023 average acceptance rate of the 4-year colleges in District of Columbia is 60.93% - 41,460 students accepted out of total 100,365.

Compared to the acceptance rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 50.04% to 60.93%. The District of Columbia Colleges' yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 28.50% and the yield is lower than 36.33%, rate of 10 years ago.

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Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 53.03% where the current academic year rate is 60.93% at District of Columbia Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 51.61% and women students' rate is 53.82%. The next table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at District of Columbia Colleges over the past 11 years (2012-2023).

Year	Total	Men	Women
Year	2012-13	50.04%	49.24%	50.15%
2013-14	45.78% -4.26%	41.24% -3.67%	46.48% -3.67%
2014-15	55.07% 9.29%	55.19% 8.55%	55.03% 8.55%
2015-16	54.61% -0.46%	53.66% 0.24%	55.27% 0.24%
2016-17	49.60% -5.01%	48.75% -5.38%	49.89% -5.38%
2017-18	51.62% 2.02%	49.74% 2.67%	52.56% 2.67%
2018-19	50.77% -0.85%	50.80% -1.41%	51.15% -1.41%
2019-20	52.95% 2.18%	52.35% 2.44%	53.59% 2.44%
2020-21	53.97% 1.02%	51.10% 5.00%	58.59% 5.00%
2021-22	57.99% 4.03%	53.94% 0.39%	58.98% 0.39%
2022-23	60.93% 2.94%	61.68% 1.34%	60.32% 1.34%
Average	53.03%	51.61%	53.82%

District of Columbia Colleges Acceptance Rate Changes Chart

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 33.59% where the current academic year yield is 28.50%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate is the percentage of admitted students who finally enrolled. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at District of Columbia Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	36.33%	33.08%	36.09%
2013-14	34.47% -1.86%	32.21% -2.01%	34.08% -2.01%
2014-15	34.09% -0.38%	35.27% -0.72%	33.36% -0.72%
2015-16	35.00% 0.91%	36.30% -0.02%	33.34% -0.02%
2016-17	34.57% -0.43%	33.64% 0.26%	33.59% 0.26%
2017-18	37.38% 2.81%	36.39% 3.84%	37.44% 3.84%
2018-19	34.84% -2.54%	41.54% -3.67%	33.77% -3.67%
2019-20	33.21% -1.62%	31.14% -1.13%	32.64% -1.13%
2020-21	29.84% -3.37%	31.05% -3.53%	29.11% -3.53%
2021-22	31.30% 1.45%	29.12% 2.04%	31.14% 2.04%
2022-23	28.50% -2.80%	32.32% -2.81%	28.33% -2.81%
Average	33.59%	33.82%	32.99%

District of Columbia Colleges Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes Chart

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

The average number of applicants is 90,299, the average number of admitted is 34,163, and the average number of enrolled students is 8,949 over the last 10 years. The number of applicants to District of Columbia Colleges decreased by -9.54% (10,580 applicants) compared to last year. The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at District of Columbia Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2012-13	74,790	28,103	8,342
2013-14	79,414 4,624	28,843 -50	8,292 -50
2014-15	75,143 -4,271	31,109 293	8,585 293
2015-16	78,552 3,409	31,714 359	8,944 359
2016-17	90,284 11,732	29,865 -1,061	7,883 -1,061
2017-18	91,344 1,060	32,914 1,533	9,416 1,533
2018-19	96,684 5,340	33,150 -435	8,981 -435
2019-20	96,313 -371	34,533 148	9,129 148
2020-21	99,457 3,144	38,269 -573	8,556 -573
2021-22	110,945 11,488	45,832 1,873	10,429 1,873
2022-23	100,365 -10,580	41,460 -547	9,882 -547
Average	90,299	34,163	8,949

District of Columbia Colleges Applicants Trends Chart

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